US vows no let-up on N. Korea ahead of historic Trump-Kim summit

[DonViejo]

Source: Agence France-Presse




9 MAR 2018

The United States vowed Friday there would be no let-up of pressure on North Korea until it takes concrete steps to end its nuclear program after Donald Trump agreed to meet Kim Jong Un in a stunning diplomatic gamble.

A day after the bombshell announcement that the US and North Korean leaders would meet before the end of May, Trump's Vice President Mike Pence said Washington's efforts to isolate Kim had been vindicated.

While there was no reaction from Kim's regime, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said news of the summit -- announced by his national security advisor on a visit to Washington -- was "like a miracle".

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the two leaders to begin talks as "soon as possible" and praised Trump's "positive aspiration" during a phone call with his US counterpart, according to state media.




Read more: https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/us-vows-no-let-n-korea-ahead-historic-trump-kim-summit-doc-1271ux6

[bucolic_frolic]

1. This is a theatrical distraction from the Stormy Daniels storm

sad that the European press is buying it

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Exactly.

They are running out of hail Mary passes to throw as the noose tightens.

[djacq]

4. I Agree

Did the media forget that the Orange Clown loves dictators?

[murielm99]

3. If there is a summit.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Indeed

What's detrimental to national security often has a way of not happening.

[Sugar Smack]

6. OH, is that what he "vows" today? Here's a list of what trump does instead.

blurts
spews (and I'll bet spits all over everyone in his immediate periphery)
splutters
babbles
sidesteps
grandstands
gasps/pants for 02
belches
foams
chews
lies
brags
postures according to who's in front of him
boasts
poor-talks
death-rattles
emits toxic vapors


all while doing that "tinkerbell" gesticulation, with his pinkie aloft.